Op-Ed Columnist: The Wizard of Beck

() There is no power behind the media curtain for talk jocks like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. They claim to represent a hidden majority but, in fact, represent a mere niche. Full Story »

Posted by Judy Plapinger - via Fair Spin (Right), OneRiot, Google News (U.S.), Opinion Source, Real Clear Politics, New York Times (Opinion), New York Times (Most Emailed), AllTop
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Subjects: Politics
Member Tags: rush limbaugh, glenn beck, sean hannity, presidential election of 2008, united states politics and government, am update, radio, nation
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Posted by: Posted by Judy Plapinger - Oct 1, 2009 - 11:53 PM PDT
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by Judy Plapinger - Oct. 3, 2009

I'm amazed that the best critique of the right-wing noise machine--and the mass media's reaction to it--comes from...David Brooks??

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by C Shapiro - Oct. 2, 2009

The author provided an interesting insight into talk media but his examples revolved around Limbaugh more than the titled Beck. His story makes me question the importance of talk media but with no citations or facts to point to I can not qualify his view of this history.

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